Mythology Philippines Novels & Stories

and indeed the two boys left her alone as they are busy knowing what biringan is. The word biringan may mean another, especially when looking in the Philippine culture and geographic, but to the two spies, it was their little code, something they made during their training. Something that only them understands. To the Philippine geographic area, Biringan was a mythical place in which the ‘engkantos’ lived. Not everyone can access the said place, and no human has ever gone in and successfully out of the said place. Boeing mythical that it is, it cannot be seen by the naked eye, and no one knows how to really access the place. It is only that, you may be unfortunate to unknowingly stumble upon

“When the tiniest of infractions, like an unintentional death of a butterfly, could then snowball into drastic changes in history.” – Ray Bradbury, on the Butterfly Effect The Philippines have become a different place. Its history had jumped off a cliff and landed belly-flop onto a pool of peculiar circumstances. From this arose something out of the ordinary and remarkable. It is a weird thing, like a primordial creature with newly evolved limbs, surfacing out from some prehistoric swamp bringing forth strange life. It is something that grasps our imagination and unsettles our core beliefs.

For dessert, Ecto feasts his virtual eyes on the glazed top of leche flan – the Filipino crème caramel – and the very colorful coconut salad. Nate sleeps in a sleeping bag in the living room and then, come 4:00 a.m., he and Kate attend the Night Masses. There’s a popular belief in the Philippines that if someone completes all the nine early-morn Masses, from December 16 to 24, they can make a wish and the Christian God will grant it. It’s too bad that CITS students didn’t start their Christmas break until December 21 because Kate and Nate stood no chance of completing the Night Masses.

Every time it was her father’s turn to tell her bedtime stories, he would always tell her the stories of the myths or legends of folklore, which she always enjoyed. Her father said that once upon a time, there was a tribe called the Marinaya tribe. Marinaya tribe comes from the name of the Goddess of Moon that the tribe worshiped. In the Marinaya tribe, there were different groups – the royalties or the family of the tribe leaders, the warriors, the manggagaway (or the sorcerer, or wizard), and the servants.

I thought this man said nasty things about me. Oh no… wait! Maybe this man is trying to lure Mrs. Li. What if this man is like the folklore creatures called ‘aswang’ in this country? Yeah... that's right! What if aswang is true? I saw how his eyes turned red last night and only an aswang could do that based on stories as old as the pre-colonial period here in this country started. What is aswang? Well… Aswang is the usual term for most of those shape-shifting evil creatures in Filipino folklore. The aswang is the subject of a wide variety of myths, stories, arts, and movies, as it is well known throughout the Philippines.

She didn’t answer my question instead, a ball of water appeared on her hand then it slowly went to the ground. The water spawned a creepy creature. I don’t know what it’s called but I’m pretty sure that it’s one of the Philippine Mythological Creatures. It’s blue like water. The creature started flying with its bat wings. What’s horrific about this creature is that it only has an upper torso! It has fangs as if it was going to eat us, yikes!

Hindi namin siya masisi dahil isa lang siya sa daang milyon na baliw na baliw sa mga Royals. The Philippines or Reino de Filipinas, being one of the remaining Constitutional Monarchy in South East Asia, has a King as the head of the state and a Prime Minister as head of the government. The Royal Family is well respected and loved by nation kahit pa nga ang duties nila ay for ceremonial na lang since we adopted the constitutional monarchy, still, the people can't help themselves to go gaga over them. Bakit? Apat na simpatikong rason lang naman.

1A tourist destination in the province of Pampanga where air bases were built during the Americla colonial rule in the Philippines 2It is a volcano located on the island of Flores in Indonesia. 3Wild ducks in the native lexis of the people in Candaba, Pampanga in the Philippines. 4 A common place or town terminal where Philippine tricycles (or trikes) are used as service vehicles 5 A creature in Philippine mythology said to come out at night to suck the blood of victims from their shadows 6 A trite Filipino expression meaning “Are you sick of things?” 7 A Taglish or Tagalog English expression for “Let’s go!” 8An always crowded station on the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) in Manila, Philippines 9

"Suho." "Lee." "Hyijun." "Luhan." "Yohan." The next 5 from Kingdom of Maharlika step forward. "Pablo." "Ken." "Josh." "Stelle." "Just." "Where is Maharlika located, Sunwoo?" he asked because it's familiar. "I don't have my map here, but they came many miles away here." I know it! If the Ancient Siam is the modern Thailand, then Maharlika is the Ancient Philippines! Awesome!

He is supposed to be a boy. Vian Justine Galani. She’s a Diwata. A nymph, as their current country calls them. She has shoulder-length bob cut hair, a tall and lean figure, and a fair complexion. They traveled from the Philippines because of a call for help of one of their kind. They haven’t tried going back yet. Her father laughed heartily as her mother set the cup of tea on the table beside his chair. She just sighed as Vian was walking back and forth. It’s kinda embarrassing and annoying. They didn’t even check their information.